Tolling

Courant File Photo

Legislators may once again consider legislation that would impose tolls on state roads. In recent sessions the idea of electronic tolling has been explored both to raise money needed to maintain and repair state highways and to finance the extension of Route 11 from Salem to I-95. None of these proposals has succeeded. Proponents say tolls are needed to make up for the expected decline in gas tax revenue caused, in part, by more fuel-efficient motor vehicles. Opponents say the tolls would be too burdensome, and, in the case of border tolls, would impose that burden unfairly on residents of state border towns. CAPTION: The former Madison Toll Plaza

Legislators may once again consider legislation that would impose tolls on state roads. In recent sessions the idea of electronic tolling has been explored both to raise money needed to maintain and repair state highways and to finance the extension of Route 11 from Salem to I-95. None of these proposals has succeeded. Proponents say tolls are needed to make up for the expected decline in gas tax revenue caused, in part, by more fuel-efficient motor vehicles. Opponents say the tolls would be too burdensome, and, in the case of border tolls, would impose that burden unfairly on residents of state border towns. CAPTION: The former Madison Toll Plaza (Courant File Photo)

Legislators may once again consider legislation that would impose tolls on state roads. In recent sessions the idea of electronic tolling has been explored both to raise money needed to maintain and repair state highways and to finance the extension of Route 11 from Salem to I-95. None of these proposals has succeeded. Proponents say tolls are needed to make up for the expected decline in gas tax revenue caused, in part, by more fuel-efficient motor vehicles. Opponents say the tolls would be too burdensome, and, in the case of border tolls, would impose that burden unfairly on residents of state border towns. CAPTION: The former Madison Toll Plaza